Steyer in Colorado

Steyer said his [climate] plan is different from any other candidate’s because his includes three things: declaring a state of emergency his first day of presidency, being closely tied to community and grassroot environmentalism and building a global coalition to combat climate change.

“Unless you’re doing those three things, my experience over the last 10 years on working through grassroot work politics is your plan won’t work and it won’t happen,” Steyer said. “So given the urgency of the problem,I would be very happy if [the other candidates] would just agree and come along and make the same pledges I made.”